Garnett Thomas Eisele, (November 3, 1923 – November 26, 2017), better known as G. Thomas Eisele, was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Garnett Thomas Eisele
Arkansas Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Born 1923 in Hot Springs, AR
Died 2017
FJC ID: 697
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 32/year
Arkansas Eastern District Court · 1970–2017
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Little Rock, Arkansas1956–1970
- Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller, ArkansasLegal advisor · 1966–1969
- U.S. Naval Reserve1952–1961
Eastern District of ArkansasAssistant U.S. attorney · 1953–1955- Private practice, Hot Springs, Arkansas1951–1953
U.S. Army private1942–1946
Appointments
1970–2017 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.M. · 1951- LL.B. · 1950
- Washington University in St. LouisA.B. · 1947